5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Decision–Support System Portal as
a tool for mainstreaming DRR into
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urban decision making
K. Chmutina1, L. Bosher1, J. Coaffee2
1School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University,
Loughborough, UK
2Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Resilient Cities Laboratory,
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warwick, UK

2. Introduction to the decision-Support System portal
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(DSSP)
• A multi-hazard open
access tool
• Helps stakeholders to
better understand the
vulnerabilities and
design possibilities of
the proposed site
• Allows users to pursue
decision-support
scenarios of secure
urban design and
planning.
http://dssp-dev.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/

3. Integrated Security and Resilience (ISR) design
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framework
ISR Stages
1 Identify, characterize, and assess hazards/threats
2 Assess the vulnerability of urban spaces to specific hazards/ threats
3 Determine the risk
4 Identify ways to reduce those risks
5 Prioritise risk reduction measures

4. Stage 1: What are the hazards/ threats to this site?
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5. Stage 2: Assess the vulnerability of the space to the
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identified threats/ hazards

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Stage 3: Determining risk

7. Stages 4 and 5: Identifying and prioritizing risk reduction
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options

8. Added value for the Post 2015 Framework for
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Disaster Risk Reduction
• How did your work support the implementation of the Hyogo
Framework for Action:
– an opportunity to increase awareness and understanding of disaster risks
and impacts
– provides suitable relevance and globally and can be applicable to a range
of urban contexts; and a broad range of professions
– promotes risk assessments and supports wider groups of stakeholders to
relate disaster risk to broader urban environment issues
• From your perspective what are the main gaps, needs and further
steps to be addressed in the Post 2015 Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction in
– Research: Lack of knowledge on how and when stakeholders implement
DRR measures
– Education & Training: Lack of awareness of DRR agenda
– Implementation & Practice: Lack of stakeholders engagement
– Policy: Lack of clear policy on the integration of DRR

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Conclusion
• Decision-Support System Portal is a multi-hazard tool that
covers both natural hazards and man-made threats.
• The DSSP has the ability to engage the stakeholders who
might not normally consider DRR.
• The DSSP helps to consider prior knowledge of existing
hazards and threats in a local context, and
• The DSSP helps to recognise that too often disasters occur
because risk reduction measures have not been considered or
undertaken.

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Thank you!
Dr Ksenia Chmutina
k.chmutina@lboro.ac.uk